The TSM administrator gives the Teradata DBA write permission for dsm.sys, the client system file.
Configuration choices made through the Tivoli tab of the TARA Server Configuration dialog box are appended to dsm.sys. If only the existing information in dsm.sys is needed (that is, no configuration information should be appended to that file) enter the Server Name only in the Tivoli tab of the TARA Server Configuration dialog box. Leave all other boxes in the dialog box blank.
A <job_id>.opt file is also created, which contains the servername that points to the correct server stanza in dsm.sys. Teradata TARA sets DSMI_CONFIG to point to <job_id>.opt when a job runs.